#nit

Here's a proposal, offered only partly in jest: no resident of the United States, whether born here or abroad, should get to be a citizen until age 18, at which time each such resident has to take a test. ↗

— Eric Liu

#age #born #citizen #each #get

In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite. ↗

— Eric Liu

#action #affirmative #affirmative action #arguing #cal

It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are humans. ↗

— Eric Liu

#fixed #humans #judges #monitoring #out

You cannot mistake Bush's clarity of purpose. He believes in a story about freedom and opportunity that makes his followers feel like they aren't just ticking their days down but are part of something larger than themselves. ↗

— Eric Liu

#believes #bush #cannot #clarity #days

To be sure, the United States has profound problems, not least our faltering educational and physical infrastructure. ↗

— Eric Liu

#infrastructure #least #our #physical #problems

I've definitely become much more aware of physical stunts. ↗

— Lucy Liu

#become #definitely #i #more #much

My sister Jennifer is an Emmy winning journalist and mother of three amazing girls. She brings an exceptional dedication to her job, her family, and her community, and has been a role model of mine for many, many years. I'm extremely proud of her. ↗

— Ron Livingston

#been #brings #community #dedication #emmy

My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. ↗

— Kenneth Robert Livingstone

#black #communities #consultation #issues #london

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. ↗

— Titus Livius

#certain #dissimilar #natural #nature #nevertheless

I do like to work on a Marvel method, so if I've got the opportunity, and the writer is happy to do it, I like to have a writer detail what happens on a page, but not saying what happens in every scene. ↗

— David Lloyd

#every #got #happens #happy #i